Becky Ann Baker
Also Known As: Becky Gelke, Becky Ann Gelke
Biography: Becky Ann Baker (born February 17, 1953) is an American actress who is known for her portrayal of Jean Weir on NBC's Emmy Award-winning "Freaks and Geeks" and for her role as Loreen Horvath on HBO's Emmy Award-winning "Girls". Description above from the Wikipedia article Becky Ann Baker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
Birthday: February 17, 1953
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Gender: Female
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Spider-Man 3
Overview: The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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I'm Not Rappaport
Overview: Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-24
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Death of a President
Overview: A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the murder. Perhaps less morbid and disturbing to watch now than during Bush's presidency, the film doesn't address Bush's policies at all, instead focusing on the way a nation assigns blame in a time of crisis.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-27
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The Night Listener
Overview: In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-12
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Two Weeks Notice
Overview: Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-19
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Full Moon in Blue Water
Overview: Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law "The General" and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it becomes publicly known that a nearby bridge is to be built. Louise offers her savings to go into partnership with Floyd, but Floyd decides to sell when he is forced to pay his back taxes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-23
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Celebrity
Overview: The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-07
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Nights in Rodanthe
Overview: Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-26
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Jackpot!
Overview: In the near future, a 'Grand Lottery' has been established - the catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot. When Katie Kim mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket, she reluctantly joins forces with amateur lottery protection agent Noel Cassidy who must get her to sundown in exchange for a piece of her prize.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-13
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The Exonerated
Overview: Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-03-06
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The Protector
Overview: Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-15
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23 Blast
Overview: When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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A Simple Plan
Overview: Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-11
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All Happy Families
Overview: The Landrys are blindsided by news of their son's behavior, and must rally to find their way amidst comical family dysfunction.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-20
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Overview: A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The incident caused major public outcry against the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-19
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She Said No
Overview: A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office declines to retry the case, the lawyer opts to sue the woman for malicious prosecution and slander leaving her feeling raped again.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-23
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On Our Way
Overview: A film about fathers and sons, and the expectations they put on themselves and each other.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-03
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Stay
Overview: Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-24
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There She Goes
Overview: Molly and Advay meet again twenty five years after being high school sweethearts. They seemed destined to be together forever, but it all ended when she rose to stardom in Hollywood as a teenage actress.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
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The End of the Tour
Overview: The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-31
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The Confession
Overview: After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-26
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Table 19
Overview: Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway – only to find herself seated with five fellow-unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-03
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Sabrina
Overview: Sabrina Fairchild, a chauffeur's daughter, grew up at the Long Island estate of the wealthy Larrabee family enchanted with their sparkling world of privilege and wealth, but she's especially enamored of younger son David, a charming playboy. After the once plain Sabrina returns from a sojourn in Paris transformed into a glamorous young woman, she at long last catches David's eye. In a calculated effort to manipulate David away from her and into a more financially advantageous marriage, formidable older brother Linus devises a plan to keep them apart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-15
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After Class
Overview: An NYC Professor spends the week reconnecting with his family while defending his reputation over controversial behavior at his college. Meanwhile, his family is determined to make an around-the-clock effort to support their matriarch when she’s admitted to New York’s Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to die within a few days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-06
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Blue Steel
Overview: Megan Turner, a rookie NYC cop, foils an armed robbery on her first day and then engages in a cat-and-mouse game with one of the witnesses who becomes obsessed with her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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In & Out
Overview: A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-10
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Hope Springs
Overview: After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-07
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Gretchen
Overview: Gretchen has bigger problems than abysmal fashion sense: She's 17, painfully awkward and stuck in the most unforgiving place on earth - high school. When her obsession with school bad boy Ricky gets out of hand, her mother sends her to an emotional treatment center to recover. She has to travel elsewhere, however, to truly begin to understand why she fixates on the wrong kind of guy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-05
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Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Overview: The creators and actors from the TV show 'Freaks and Geeks' share their untold stories and pivotal moments from the making of the series that only aired for one season.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-02
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Lorenzo's Oil
Overview: Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-30
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Starbright
Overview: A young orphan escapes the realities of her life by fantasizing about, and then entering, a fairy tale world.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-18
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Holler
Overview: In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal winter working the scrap yards during the day and stealing valuable metal from the once thriving factories by night. With her goal in sight, Ruth finds that the ultimate cost of an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, and she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-11
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Men in Black
Overview: After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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Unstrung Heroes
Overview: Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother became sick, moves in with his two eccentric uncles. As Steven grows closer to his uncles, he learns how to cope with his emotions and to value his own uniqueness.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Nightfire
Overview: Two American agents are hired to retrieve military chips containing top-secret information. Their plan goes awry when an unexpected political prisoner enters the picture.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-01
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The Half of It
Overview: Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-01
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Jacob's Ladder
Overview: After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Genres: Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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War of the Worlds
Overview: Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Genres: Adventure Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-13
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That Night
Overview: A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-04
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Come See the Paradise
Overview: In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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Alone Together
Overview: Strangers June and Charlie wind up double-booked in the same upstate New York Airbnb during the start of COVID-19. Exasperating the situation, the lockdown forces them both to stay and confront the unexpected feelings that develop between them.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-22
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Agent on Ice
Overview: Now an insurance adjuster, former C.I.A. agent John Pope becomes the target of both Mafia and C.I.A. hitmen. Pope is the last of the secret agents who can ruin a money laundering collaboration between a corrupt agency leader (Kirkpatrick) and a Mafia boss (Matera).
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-03
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In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Overview: It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous use of violence by two “Rambo” like killers who dress themselves in military garb. Based on actual events taken from FBI files, the movie depicts the Bureau’s efforts to track down these renegades.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-27
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White Squall
Overview: In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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Off Broadway
Overview: The year is 2020 and the American theater is shut down… but it is not shut off. Off Broadway follows the staff of a non-profit theater as they come together on Zoom and scramble to stave off extinction. The show is a scathing critique of an industry desperately trying to reinvent itself in the midst of a pandemic.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-24
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Outpost
Overview: After a violent attack, a woman searches for strength in the solitude of a lookout job, but is overwhelmed by something darker.
Genres: Horror Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-19
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The Discoverers
Overview: Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-16
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Assassins
Overview: A darkly comic Tony-award winner that examines the motives of the nine notorious Americans who took their shot at the President of the United States. This wickedly subversive spectacle explores the national fixation on celebrity and its violent intersection with the American dream.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-22
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